Bookbinding.



- I PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908. W.'E. & H. J. GAYLORD.

' BOOKBINDING.

.APPLIOATION II LED JAN. 22, 1907.

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WILLIS E. GAYLORD AND HENRY J. GAYLORD, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21,1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, WILLIS E. GAYLORD and HENRY J. GAYLORD, both of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bookbinding,'of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relat s to certain improvements in bookbinding, and refers more particularly to the structure of the back .by which two or more leaves may be bound toggther or retained in fixed relation along one e ge.

()ur object is to provide a simple, practical and efficient binding whereby anyone skilled or unskilled in this art may speedily and economically bind together a series of loose leaves, such as music-sheets, magazines and similar matter, together with suitable covers for the preservation and protection of such matter.

Another object is to stitch the binding elements together and to adhesively a ply them to the covers and leaves of the .boo k or other articles to be bound, in such manner as to render the binding flexible without un-- duly straining the binding at its junction with the back or bound parts.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a magazine showing my improved binding as uniting the covers ,to the outer leaves of the magazine. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the binding shown as applied to the covers ready to receive a magazine or other leaves. Fig. 3 is a similar perspectivelview of ap'ortion of the detached binding.

This binding consists essentially of two pieces 1 of fabric or equivalent tenacious material, each folded along its longitudinal center, both of said pieces being united byv suitable stitches 2 for convenience of handling. These binding strips are cut to the desired length corresponding to the length of the sheets or boo which is to be bound, and by folding them along'their longitudinal centers each strip constitutes two comparatively narrow, but similar leaves -3, the outer faces of which are coated with'a suitable adhesive, as mucilage, or printers paste -4 while their inner faces are preferably left in the natural state so that when the stri s are secured together along their longitudinal folds by the-stitches 2-,

pieces upper leaves of said opposed strips may be the-adhesive coating will appear. on the up per or front faces of the strips, and also upon their lower or rear faces; that is, when the leaves 3 of the opposite strips are folded toward each other, the adhesive coating is on their adjacent faces. It therefore follows thatby moistening the adhesive surfaces of the lower leaves of the opposed strips they may be spread oiit flatwise, and adhesively secured to the inner facesof the contiguous longitudinal edges of the backs or cover 5 of-a book, while the outer or brought upwardly and similarly moistened and adhesively secured to-the opposite faces of the back longitudinal edge of the magazine or leaves which are. to be bound, as best seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The essential feature of invention, therefore, lies firstin folding similar strips of the fabric along their longitudinal centers and stitching the folding edges together, and second, in applying an adhesive coating to the outer.faces ofthe opposite leaves of each fold when folded upon'themselves, so that the corresponding leaves at one slde of each strip may headhesively secured to the inner faces of the covers 5'- while the op osite leaves of both strips may be adhesive y secured to the leaves ofthe magazine or other similar book. As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the covers 5+' are united by a back-piece -6 of suitable fabric to ive a finished appearance to the book or fol er, and while this in itself,

does not constitute a part ofmy invention,

except as associated with the covers and particular binding strips, it nevertheless adds to the security and general pleasing appearance of the entire book whencompleted.

What'we claim is: A binder for leaves com strips stitched together a ong their central longitudinal line, folded away from each other and provided with adhesive material on their upper and' lower faces, combined with covers, and back strips secured to opposite faces of the covers, the lower face of each of said fabric strips secured to one of said back strips.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 18th day of January, 1907.

v WILLIS E. GrAYLORD.

HENRY J. GAYLORD. Witnesses:

H. CHASE, '0. M. MOCORMAOK.

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